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Saturday Times Jumbo Quick 1480 Saturday January 23Rd 2021

Wine grape variety, 9 letters...
19:09 Sun 24th Jan 20211 answer, last by Lie-in King 19:10 Sun 24th Jan 2021
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Problems With Santander

My 86 year old, frail step-father is a resident in a nursing home and I have been managing his affairs with him perfectly well for some months. However, his current account has had a temporary block...
14:19 Mon 23rd Dec 201325 answers, last by kriskwery 18:23 Sun 05th Jan 2014
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House Insurance For Elderly Relative No Longer At Home

An 86 yr old relative has not been managing his affairs well for some time and is currently in a care home. His property is in a state of disrepair and I've just seen his renewal quote for an...
18:58 Thu 30th May 20135 answers, last by themas 17:43 Fri 31st May 2013
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Book About Vietnam War

I read a book over 21 years ago about the Vietnam war and have long since forgotten the author and exact title. Recalling the latter is near impossible because it was three numbers (eg. 5 12 11) which...
13:25 Sat 11th May 20135 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:33 Wed 22nd May 2013
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Bad Practice?

I had an email from a relative yesterday who is suffering from the recession. I quote: ".... so we have no alternative but to sell up as we still have quite a large mortgage left, we got an estate...
12:30 Sun 10th Mar 201317 answers, last by boxtops 20:00 Sun 10th Mar 2013
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Wireless Mouse, Right Click Not Working

It's driving me nuts! It's an HP wireless laser mini mouse, been happily using it for over 4 years but recently the right click is failing to function. I've reinstalled the disc and rediscovered that...
17:29 Sat 12th Jan 201310 answers, last by wildwood 21:37 Sun 13th Jan 2013
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Validity of will when spouse predeceases

Is a will invalid if a person's spouse, the major beneficiary, dies first? Can earlier wills ever be taken into account or are they always nulled by later wills regardless of the death of all/some of...
10:23 Sat 24th Nov 20123 answers, last by tonywiltshire 14:21 Sun 25th Nov 2012
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Calendars

I am in the process of replacing 2011's calendars around the house with those for 2012. Is there an easy way of telling when the same configuration of days/dates in a year will recur? I have quite a...
15:55 Sun 01st Jan 201210 answers, last by Old_Geezer 23:04 Tue 10th Jan 2012
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Mystery Man

Do you remember the song about an unnamed victim of a London transport disaster (King's Cross fire or Moorgate Tube??). I can't remember the name of singer/band either but only know it was rather...
16:00 Mon 26th Dec 20114 answers, last by kriskwery 16:59 Mon 26th Dec 2011
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Competition to rebuild Palace of Westminster 1836

I know who won ... but can anyone tell me the names of the other 96 entrants, please?
16:41 Mon 14th Feb 20114 answers, last by dotty. 23:58 Mon 14th Feb 2011
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Form filler

Can anyone recommend a free form filler? On a previous computer I used Roboform but I gather that has associated spyware or somesuch and isn't to be recommended. I use Firefox browser.
17:20 Thu 09th Apr 20092 answers, last by barry1010 18:15 Thu 09th Apr 2009
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Bark chips for orchids

Does one have to purchase "special" bark chippings for potting up orchids or can one use the "decorative" bark chippings .. which are much cheaper? I have several...
16:45 Thu 12th Feb 20091 answer, last by ORAC60 17:17 Thu 12th Feb 2009
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Goldfish - eye problem

I have 4 goldfish in a small pond in the garden - they're a few years old, about 5-6 inches long. One has a bulbous eye which worries me a bit. It (how do you sex a goldfish?!) behaves like the...
22:55 Wed 28th Jan 20091 answer, last by francheska 17:02 Thu 29th Jan 2009
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Toaster - economy

Does anyone know of a toaster that will toast a single slice? I'm fed up with watching the second slot of mine heating the kitchen!
10:44 Sat 24th Jan 20095 answers, last by Panic Button 23:44 Sat 24th Jan 2009
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Microsoft Paint, lost .. ? alternatives

I'm sure this was on my computer once! Would it have vanished when "Microsoft Office - 60 Day Trial" ended? Can anyone recommend free photo manipulating software? I've downloaded PhotoScape which...
20:37 Sun 18th Jan 20095 answers, last by LeMarchand 14:31 Mon 19th Jan 2009
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Apostrophes

Why don't these show in entries in Answerbank - it makes me/us look illiterate! Probably marks are missing too but I just noticed apostrophes in my new question. Testing: ! ! ! '''' ! ! ! **** ??$$%%...
16:36 Sat 17th Jan 200914 answers, last by kriskwery 10:33 Sat 24th Jan 2009
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Photoscape v3.3 - backing up probs

I've recently found, downloaded & used Photoscape - brilliant. BUT when I do my daily back-ups to an external hard drive (Maxtor) it reports a partial back-up failure & doesn't seem to recognise any...
14:32 Sat 17th Jan 2009
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Roadside Memorials

I sometimes notice small placards at the roadside commemorating fatal accidents. All I spot when driving is a poppy and a name. Is there a web site where one can learn a little more?
23:16 Fri 10th Aug 20075 answers, last by kriskwery 23:21 Sun 12th Aug 2007
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Next of Kin

I'm 60, female, divorced, no kids, both parents dead. I have a will but wonder who is my legal next of kin. There are countless cousins out there and one blood relative aunt still surviving. What...
20:38 Fri 10th Aug 20072 answers, last by kriskwery 23:10 Fri 10th Aug 2007
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Cheap telephone!

I've just picked up a new TelCom 540 plug-in phone at a charity stall but have no instruction leaflet. I'll probably manage to work out how to store numbers (or maybe not!) but could somebody tell me...
13:57 Wed 04th Apr 2007

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